Excise (IPA: /ˈɛksaɪz/, /ɛkˈsaɪs/)
| Excise (n.) |
In inland duty or impost operating as an indirect tax on the consumer, levied upon certain specified articles, as, tobacco, ale, spirits, etc., grown or manufactured in the country. It is also levied to pursue certain trades and deal in certain commodities. Certain direct taxes (as, in England, those on carriages, servants, plate, armorial bearings, etc.), are included in the excise. Often used adjectively; as, excise duties; excise law; excise system. |
| Excise (n.) |
That department or bureau of the public service charged with the collection of the excise taxes. |
| Excise (v. t.) |
To lay or impose an excise upon. |
| Excise (v. t.) |
To impose upon; to overcharge. |
| Excise (v. t.) |
To cut out or off; to separate and remove; as, to excise a tumor. |
| Excise |
Tax that taxes the consumption of certain goods |
| Excise Synonyms |
Excise Tax |
| Excise Synonyms |
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| Excise Synonyms |
Strike, Expunge, Scratch |
| Excise Synonyms |
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| Spanish Translation |
Excise in Spanish is Extirpar |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "No statesman e'er will find it worth his pains To tax our labours and excise our brains." - Charles Churchill (satirist) |
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